Question reference: S5W-34357
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what priority will be given to supermarket workers regarding the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Answer
We are thankful to all the supermarket workers across the country for their continued hard work to ensure that our communities and individuals have access to food supplies especially during these challenging times.
But all decisions to prioritise one population group over another are not taken lightly, nor are they straightforward. That is why our prioritisation decisions have been, and will continue to be, guided by the independent expert advice from the JCVI, who have clearly assessed that age is the greatest risk factor from Covid-19 harm.
We are working to get vaccines to everyone as quickly as we can, and hope to have vaccinated all those on the JCVI prioritisation list by the end of spring 2021, vaccine supplies permitting.